Mitch Braff

Innovator: Mitch Braff ContactBased In: San Rafael, CAVenture: Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation develops and distributes effective educational materials about the Jewish partisans and their life lessons, bringing the celebration of heroic resistance against tyranny into educational and cultural organizations.
Venture’s Primary Area of Focus: Educational Experience, Social Change and Equality
Venture’s Primary Population Served: Teens, Emerging and Young Adults, Adults
As a for-profit entrepreneur for more than 10 years, Mitch Braff’s strategic messaging and digital media company helped with Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, Levi’s, and Sony craft their messaging for consumer and B2B audiences. Progressing into not-for-profit entrepreneurship, Mitch founded the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF) in 2000, an internationally recognized educational force. As founder and executive director for 14 years, Mitch developed a worldwide donor community, a powerful board, and grew the organization through strategic relationships with key global partners and foundations — ultimately bringing the history and life lessons of the Jewish partisans to over one million students through a robust educator network. Mitch excels in strategic planning, creative content distribution, and digital media production. He is an award-winning filmmaker, with over a dozen international awards. Mitch lives in Marin County with this two kids, two cats, and a gecko.